‘Doctor Who’ followers delighted because the Doctor regenerates as David Tennant

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“Doctor Who” followers have been drenched in nostalgia after David Tennant reprised his function because the Time Lord within the dramatic conclusion to the present’s USA Prime Time centenary particular.

Sunday’s 90-minute episode of the long-running sci-fi present, titled “The Power of the Doctor,” ended with Jodie Whittaker’s character unexpectedly regenerating into Tennant in her ultimate look because the thirteenth Doctor.

“I do know these enamel,” Tennant mentioned – a reference to the tenth Doctor’s first phrases – “New enamel… that’s bizarre” – again in 2005.

The surprising plot twist got here after months of hypothesis on how Whittaker’s exit could be dealt with ahead of Ncuti Gatwa replacing her as lead, and delighted viewers flocked to social media to precise their pleasure.

“Omg, David Tennant again because the physician, greatest regeneration ever,” one individual wrote on Twitter.

Another mentioned: “9 yr previous me who sobbed for every week as soon as David Tennant regenerated is throwing a f**king occasion proper now.”

A 3rd wrote: “Seeing David Tennant again on display screen because the physician has barely healed my internal baby.”

Tennant instructed USA Prime Time News: “What a beautiful, beautiful factor to get to revisit one thing that was such a beautiful, blissful, important time in my life.”

After the present aired, the USA Prime Time launched a teaser for subsequent yr’s Sixtieth-anniversary episodes, which characteristic the Scottish actor, who performed the Doctor between 2005 and 2010, because the 14th incarnation. The clip additionally confirmed that Catherine Tate will probably be reprising her function as his former companion, Donna Noble, for 3 particular episodes set to air in November subsequent yr.

Ncuti Gatwa will then take management of the TARDIS because the fifteenth Doctor, together with his first episode on account of air over the festive interval in 2023, the USA Prime Time mentioned.

“If you thought the looks of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve bought lots extra surprises on the way in which!” mentioned showrunner Russell T. Davies in an announcement. “The path to Ncuti’s Fifteenth Doctor is laden with thriller, horror, robots, puppets, hazard and enjoyable! And how is it related to the return of the great Donna Noble? How, what, why? We’re providing you with a yr to invest, after which all hell lets free!”

Whittaker, who made historical past in 2017 when she succeeded Peter Capaldi to develop into the primary lady to play the Doctor, announced her exit in July final yr.

Commenting on her resolution to step down, Whittaker mentioned her time on the present was “the perfect job I’ve ever had.”